14500 - We fail to send a msg if you don't have a smtp user name

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(MailNews Core :: Networking, defect, P3)

Description

[Scott MacGregor]

Alec just pointed this out to me and I just fixed it.

If you don't have a user name pref for your smtp server, i.e.:

user_pref("mail.smtpserver.smtp1.username", "");

We fail to send the message.

Why? I was being a bonehead and if we didn't get a user name before issuing the
SMTP command: MAIL FROM <user name>, I was returning an error code and failing.
But as long as we aren't trying authenticated smtp, we should allow you to issue
the MAIL FROM command without passing in a user name field.

Comment 1

[Scott MacGregor]

I have a fix in my tree. Marking as fixed. (I'll check it in as soon as the tree
goes green).

Comment 2

[Alec Flett]

nice, thanks scott!
Adding nbaca to the list because she originally mentioned this to me in the hall
but we hadn't really gotten enough information to file a bug report yet...

Comment 3

[Alec Flett]

*** Bug 14298 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[esther]

Using 19991026 builds on win98, mac and linux this is fixed.  I removed the
username using the Account Setup dialog.  I sent messages and they were
send and received. Verified